Original Airdate: Saturday, January 27th, 1996
Convention Center
San Jose, California
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We get a Royal Rumble recap and then a clip of Vader attacking Gorilla Monsoon. Our feature match this week is Shawn Michaels vs. Tatanka, who still works here.
Duke Droese vs. Steve Rizzono
They show the clip of Droese winning the Free For All match via a reversed decision over Hunter Hearst Helmsley. No one cares because Droese basically hasn't existed for months and even when he did, he was nothing. He hits the Trash Compactor or whatever it's called and that's all. He grabs his trash can to celebrate, which means something is going to happen and of course there is Helmsley to attack him from behind. He hits a Pedigree on top of a trash can lid and then pulls out a pair of scissors and cuts off a ton of Droese's hair. This was trash.
Match Rating: 1/4*
It's time for the Slam Jam with Dok Hendrix and he wants to talk about In Your House. He hypes up the cage match between Diesel and Bret Hart. Dok's jacket is something else. Shawn Michaels will also take on Owen Hart with his WrestleMania title shot on the line.
We get some still photos from the Razor Ramon/Goldust match at Royal Rumble. We then get a pre-recorded interview from Goldust and then see the 1-2-3 Kid interference from Raw. Oh yeah and don't forget, Jeff Jarrett took on Ahmed Johnson and we have more still photos. They show Ahmed being stretchered away due to a concussion, but he is back in action.
Bob Holly vs. Justin Hawk Bradshaw
This is the debut here of Bradshaw, which should tell you what you need to know. Bradshaw is managed by Zebekiah, which should also tell you all you need to know. He attacks Holly and is all over him. Holly tries to make a comeback but runs into a big boot. Bradshaw hits a delayed vertical suplex but lifts Holly up at 2. Bradshaw hits a side Russian leg sweep but Holly ducks a clothesline. He hits one of his own, but it takes three of them to finally knock him down. Holly misses in the corner and Bradshaw hits a running lariat for the finish. Holly could have sold that a little bit better. After the match, Zeb holds him back by putting the rope around Bradshaw's neck. I know he's just doing a Stan Hansen imitation, but this wasn't that bad.
Match Rating: *3/4
The announce team gets all serious and show us the actions of Vader from Raw. They show the entire thing, which was very well done. You can write a letter to Gorilla to wish him well and so that WWF can have your address.
Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs. Tim Patterson
Helmsley is starting his gimmick of bringing a woman to the ring. Patterson gets in a couple of moves but telegraphs a dropkick and Helmsley hangs onto the ropes. Helmsley hits a suplex and a knee drop. Helmsley takes a long time to set up the Pedigree because he anticipates Droese. He predicts correctly and he shoves Patterson into the trash can lid shot before escaping out the ring. Isn't Helmsley technically the one who should be disqualified? We don't get an announcement.
Match Rating: 1/4*
Tatanka vs. Shawn Michaels
It's amazing that Tatanka is still here and that they are still dedicated to having DiBiase as his manager. We actually get a decent little match here with Tatanka being presented as a threat for some reason. The crowd is definitely into this and has to make two comebacks in this match. Michaels sends Tatanka off the ropes for Sweet Chin Music, but Tatanka slides under the ropes. This leads to DiBiase distracting Shawn and Tatanka attacking him. DiBiase grabs Michaels but he gets out of the way and Tatanka almost hits him. That's enough for Michaels to capitalize and finish off Tatanka. This was a good little match, as Michaels really couldn't do any wrong during this time period in the ring.
Match Rating: **1/4
We go back to Dok to hype up In Your House some more. They hype up the Owen/Shawn match and show Shawn agreeing to the match with Jim Cornette on Raw.
Next week the Godwinns will be here and Razor Ramon will take on Jeff Jarrett. Back to back weeks with WrestleMania rematches.
Don't go anywhere, it's time for a Billionaire Ted skit. Ted challenges his team to come up with an original idea. It leads to Scheme Gene saying he has a hot idea but you have to call his hotline to do so and they all do. That actually was probably the best joke out of this crap so far.
This was actually a good show. We got some storyline advancement, even if it's in a feud that no one cares about, a debut of a character no one will go on to care about for another 8 years and a good feature match. That's about as good as Superstars gets.
Overall Rating: 48%
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